HISD makes Grier hiring official

The Houston school board will meet at 5 p.m. today and, as we reported in today’s paper, is planning to officially hire Terry Grier as superintendent. I’m told he will be at district headquarters for a meet-and-greet reception at 4:15 p.m. I’ll be there and will post updates on the vote.

I also hope to get a copy of Grier’s official contract. His base salary is expected to be near $305,000 with maximum performance bonus expected to grow over time from $50,000 to $80,000. He’ll also likely get other perks such as car and phone allowances and contributions to a retirement account. In San Diego, where Grier is 18 months into his four-year contract, he earns $269,000 a year in base pay with a maximum bonus of $10,500.